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Prince
"This edition's playlist" (The Third Estate Sunday Review): 1) Tori Amos's Unrepentant Geraldines.2) Aimee Mann's @#%&*! Smilers.3) Diana Ross'The Boss.4) Joni Mitchell's For The Roses.5) Ben and...
View ArticleIraq and the fool
I make the mistake of turning on the TV about 90 minutes ago and there's the War Hawk all aflutter.Barack Obama promising more war.Barack so sure he knows exactly what the answer is.Today.No one better...
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Crazy Joe
Patrick Martin (WSWS) notes:US Vice President Joseph Biden denounced the beheading of Sotloff in a speech at a naval shipyard in New Hampshire, declaring that US military forces would pursue ISIS to...
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Joan Rivers died.I'm doing a Thursday post as a result.I knew Joan very casually and only through C.I. (who knows everyone).What I remember most about Joan is the way she darted around a room during a...
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Pretenders
I'm not even going to note CounterPunch's nonsense. What we listen to?That is not you listing five artist (three of whom are out right lousy) and quoting something political they said.If you can't do...
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TV
"TV: The mob attacks Mindy" (Ava and C.I., The Third Estate Sunday Review):And a gaggle of malcontents want to attack Mindy and her show?And why is it that Mindy faces demands because she's a woman?Men...
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My pet peeve?I don't know. Rebecca and I were into this topic Monday.Then came the good news (C.I.'s fine health wise) and I just don't know.I guess my pet peeve is the shortness of life and how it's...
View ArticlePower ballads, story songs and Cher's blown opportunity
When the power ballad works best, it requires more than just a great voice.Ann Wilson of Heart took "Alone" to record heights, yes, but she was soaring with a well written song.Cher.The new album's not...
View ArticleThat sad Medea Benjamin
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Peace Fake" went up last night.Let's pair that comic featuring fake ass Medea Benjamin with the following."TV: Barack's Delusional Love Slaves" (Ava and C.I., The...
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Another broken promise
"US prepares for 'generational' war in the Middle East" (Peter Symonds, WSWS):At a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff...
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Truth?
Barack tried to spin today, repeating his claim that there would be no ground troops in Iraq.Even though there already are.It's really about spin and his pushback against General Dempsey's remarks...
View ArticleTurkey
I'm not big on meat but my favorite is turkey.I associate it with Thanksgiving as do many people.Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it's a time to gather and share.Turkey has a nice taste to...
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Sarah Vaughn and Roberta Flack
"What We’re Listening to This Week" (CounterPunch):DAVID YEARSLEYSarah Vaughn, How Long Has This Been Going On (Pablo, 1987)I’ve got the original red Pablo LP, but the CD will also deliver you these...
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Tired Chris Hedges
When he's not plagiarizing, Chris Hedges often has something to say.Not this time.F**k you, Chris.I don't need to be manipulated.Chris is on a bandwagon with bratty mall rat Naomi Klein.They're...
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Medea and her little doggie David
So Medea I Just Remembered Iraq When The Media Did Benjamin and her spineless puppy David Swanson did one of their usual fake ass protests.You may remember David Swanson as the little bitch.C.I. and I...
View ArticleEd Miliband is like Tony Blair with more jowls
Ed Miliband.I know Ed and his brother David.When I was dating a member of the British government years ago, C.I. and I used to dart back and forth across the Atlantic constantly and the Miliband family...
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Anita Baker and Heart
"What We’re Listening to This Week" (CounterPunch):LEE BALLINGERRapture: Anita BakerFlood: Moreland and ArbuckleEnter the 37th Chamber: El Michels Affair (Fat Beats)Lee Ballinger co-edits Rock and Rap...
View ArticleMadam Secretary take down
Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts"Now We Bomb Oklahoma"I really enjoyed that. I also greatly enjoyed Kat's "Kat's Korner: Rhino does Carly on the cheap" about Rhino Records' re-release of Carly...
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Selling war
Nonsense like this seeks to reassure us that the latest wave of the Iraq War really isn't war.Yet if bombs were dropped on us, we would consider it war.Would and did -- back when the Japanese bombed...
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Blameless Barack
"Clapper Under The Bus" (Andrew P. Napolitano, Antiwar.com):When President Obama attributed the rise in Iraq of the Islamic State, or ISIS, to the failures of the U.S. intelligence community earlier...
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